BY USING THIS WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT THEREIN, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF USE. A spatial representation of land use. The polygons contained in
this feature class were derived from the Oakland County Tax Parcel
feature class. Each parcel was categorized by its land use. When a
parcel has multiple land uses, the dominant land use is shown.
Assessing records and orthophotography were the main sources
used to attribute each tax parcel with land use information. The data
was collected in 2002. Key attributes are the land use and key
pin (Sidwell number). Land Use stores the Land Use description for each
parcel. The Key Pin is the unique Parcel Identification Number (Pin)
used to link the parcel to the parcel attributes which are stored and
maintained in Oakland County Land Records.The 2002 version of
land use was created using the 2001 version as a primary source. It was
assumed that if the Parcel Identification Number and the Use Code were
equal in both years, then the land use did not change. Thus, only the
parcels where a change occured had to be assigned a land use.The
development process consists of three basic steps. First, parcels with
use codes that are assumed to relate to a single land use are
categorized as such. Second, parcels with a use code that is assumed to
relate to more than one land use are manually classified using
orthophotography and ownership as a reference. Lastly, tax parcels,
right-of-way, and hydrography are unioned to create a single land use
dataset.Assumptions:Any parcel classified as vacant may
be an accessory use to an adjacent, commonly owned, improved parcel. In
this event, the vacant parcel is reclassified as the use of the
adjacent, commonly owned, improved parcel. It should be noted, however,
that parcels with use codes of RV, SV, and LV, that represent a single
family vacant use, are exempt from this assumption.Parcels with
an Equalization use code of RV, SV, or LV may include uses to be
reclassified as Vacant or Recreation & Conservation (due to
subdivision open space). These parcels are not manually checked.
Queries are conducted to search for those parcels that are subdivision
open space. The following strings are queried from the Owner1 and
Owner2 fields: "own" (unknown, homeowner), "ass*" (association, ass'n,
etc), and "park."The Equalization use code BI, Business
Improved includes uses that are reclassified as Commercial/Office. Uses
may also fall into Public/Institutional, however, all BI parcels are
not manually checked for reclassification.The Equalization use
code MM, Miscellaneous Business includes uses that are reclassified as
Recreation and Conservation, Multiple Family, Commercial/Office, or
Mobile Home Park.The Equalization use code ME, Miscellaneous
Exempt includes uses that are reclassified as Recreation &
Conservation, Public/Institutional, Transportation, Utility &
Communication, Industrial (municipal landfills), or any Single Family
classification.The Equalization use code KI, Condominium
Improved includes uses that are reclassified as Multiple Family, Single
Family, or Commercial/Office. Any parcel with an Equalization use code of FI, Farm Improved or FV, Farm Vacant is considered to be an active agricultural use.Any parcel with an Equalization use code of II, Industrial Improved is considered to be an industrial use.Any parcel with an Equalization use code of FC, Farm Conservation is considered to be a recreational/conservation use.Any parcel with an Equalization use code of AI, Apartment Improved is considered to be a multiple family residential use.Any
parcel with an Equalization use code of UI, Utility Improved is
considered to be a transportation, utility, or communication related
use.Parcels with an Equalization use code of DI, Developmental Improved are reclassified as Single Family or Vacant.Any
parcel with an Equalization use code of DV for Developmental Vacant may
be reclassified as Vacant, Recreation & Conservation, (golf
courses) or Industrial (mining or extractive).Polygons in the
ROW region of the parcel coverage will be classified as Recreation and
Conservation, and Commercial/Office, Vacant, Road ROW, and Railroad ROW.Because
of inconsistencies in Use Code data, unique uses, and the goal of
creating an accurate coverage that is not limited by its metadata, there
may be exceptions from these assumptions.Exceptions:There
are nine isolated cases where the land use would be tremendously
overstated if the whole parcel was shown in a single use. In these
cases, the polygon was split to show the use of the rest of the parcel
vacant. These parcels are listed below: 01-29-451-001 01-35-300-014 04-08-200-002 04-24-100-004 07-13-301-006 14-04-376-002 18-19-476-015 21-10-200-001 21-10-200-002